This is where I am at, and everyone I associate with in real life. I am not rooting against team usa, but I will laugh if they lose after leaving Caitlin home. I am certainly not seeking it out, and if it comes on by chance when I am watching the olympics, I will probably change the channel.
I also stick to the classics such as break dancing and bmx free style.
I watched a partial replay of the game. I think one of the better Iowa High School boys teams would have clobbered either team.
Why are you comparing men vs women? Makes no sense.
just looked at the schedule. I will be sure to come home from work early tomorrow afternoon to watch team USA play Japan.
This. She is one of ONE. Even at this level, and its becoming more obvious with each game she plays. She is HER.......
Absolutely. Even for the men, led by "Lebron the mercenary". He's a great player, no debate to be had, but I'll never give a damn about any title he wins or record he sets in the league. His new way of "team building" is just another example of whats wrong with pro sports today, and is trickling down to the college game. Damn shame....
Ordinarily, Hell would freeze over before I would agree with one of your posts.
LeBron has played for 3 teams in 21 years. I’d hardly say that makes him a mercenary. He spent many many years playing with an absolute shit cast of characters playing in Cleveland carrying that team straight out of high school. Now you might not like how he put the team together in Miami (most people don’t) but 3 teams in 21 years does not make him a mercenary.
Can someone explain to me how lebron’s super team he assembled was more hatable than the warriors, Celtics, et al? Was it the show ESPN put together for “the decision”?
I'd concur that the Miami thing is my biggest hangup. To me the great rivalries of Boston vs Knicks, and then the 80's with the Bulls vs Detroit and the Lakers vs the Celtics and others and the how the top players pitting themselves vs other top payers in that era, DrJ, MJ vs the bad boys and Bird and Magic Johnson and Kareem. Those rivalries meant a lot to the sport. It seems now the players spend more time trying to take an easier route and align themselves on the same roster to assure that ring.
My response is more about how teams used to be built before Lebrons Miami team. Teams were built by owners and GM's drafting players or trading for them, not a bunch of stars getting together to align themselves to manipulate a championship. MJ would never have joined the Pistons or the Celtics with Bird, or the Lakers with Magic, and neither would any of those stars. Never would have happened. He wanted those worthy adversaries. He wanted his metal tested in those fires. Winning meant more against them.
I mean I’d agree but none of those teams won without other star players, and in the case of the Bulls, Lakers and Celtics there’s 10-12 hall of famers on there? LeBron spent 8 years with the Cavs with basically no other stars and after his 4-5 years in Miami went back to Cleveland for 4-5 more years. Teams don’t win without stars, and it’s been that way since the 70’s. Which is 50 years.
Uh, you realize that the Lakers plucked Kareem from Milwaukee? Kareem demanded out of Milwaukee and the Laker's were a team he wanted to go to.
In terms of Lebron and Miami, wow do we not have similar sentiments for Shaq joining up with Kobe with the Lakers? Or Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen getting together in Boston?
LeBron was a free agent and had spent 8 years in Cleveland. Was he supposed to keep waiting for them to put some decent players around him? Teams were put together differently back in the day. And it's not like the Heat had 5 Hall of Famers. LeBron and D Wade. Bosh was solid but was a Toni Kukoc type of player. Certainly not a Hall of Famer. Very nice 3rd option clearly and an All Star but far from a dominating player. Again, almost every team over the last 40-50 years has had at a minimum 2-3 All stars or Hall of Famers to win a championship.
Celtics just won the title lead by 2 guys they drafted. That makes the title even sweeter.
Celtics improved by 30+ games in Bird’s first year. Won title next year by drafting McHale and trading with the Warriors for Parish. It’s not like the players went to Boston on their own.
And the shrewd pick (and then signing of) Bird by Red Auerbach. Used a loophole that many were not aware of.
My point being that these teams were built by TEAMS through traditional means. Teams signing free agents or drafting players. I'm aware that it took additions for the Bulls. Paxton, Cartwright, Pippen of course and then Armstrong for MJ to win 6 titles. Thats still not Michael getting on the phone with Magic or Larry and saying, hey guys lets all force the owners to put us all on one team, so we can win a few rings.
Great trade. In 1980 the Celtics had two first round picks - #1 and #13. Auerbach favored McHale ever Joe Barry Carroll but didn't want to use the #1 on McHale. Parrish had a high salarly and was becoming an unrestricted free agent next year, so Golden State wanted to get something for him. Celtics traded their #1 and #13 draft picks for Parish and Golden State's #3 first round pick. The Celtics knew they could get McHale at #3 because Carroll was going #1 and Darrell Griffith was going #2.
Thats right up there with the stupidest analogies ever. Like we ALL work with our "friends" in an industry where the "employees" make 40 million dollars a year and their aligning with the same "company" directly influenced the fortunes of 30 other billion dollar businesses. Sure nothing different there from Joe average and his 9-5 job huh? The fact that you would even post that shows just how hard your trying to stretch to defend your position.....
I've maybe clicked on one MBB post for every 10 times I click on a WBB post
